Posted by CareBear04 on March 31, 2005, at 13:16:50
In reply to How Does Percocet Affect You?, posted by Phillipa on March 28, 2005, at 20:20:00
hi phillipa-- my experience tells me to be careful with opiate pain meds. i didn't get addicted at a moderate dose, 3x a day for about four months. getting off percocet was actually no problem. i was in the hospital when the dr decided to taper me off of most of my sedatives. i went off percocet without a problem; it was xanax, i think, that caused me the most trouble.
my trouble with opiates is that they made me very depressed at first. i started with vicodin and then got percocet, and within a week of starting, i went from stable mood to suicidally depressed and hysterical. other people may have the opposite reaction to pain meds, but if you have a mood disorder, approach percocet with caution. i spent my full, insurance-covered 10 days in the psych unit withhout much improvement.
regarding pain, though, percocet is very effective. the effective dose for me is 7.5/500, 7.5mg of oxycodone and 500 mg of acetamenophen. for me, it relieves just about any kind of pain. at prescribed doses, i didn't experience nausea, and the drowsiness wore off within a week.
good luck!
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